HMCS
MONCTON 708 (2nd of name) passing George's Island as she returns to
Halifax under tow from refit in Shelburne - 14 Sep 2019.
Moncton is sporting her new camouflage paint scheme in honour of the
ships that fought in the Battle of the Atlantic during WW2.

Welcome
to "For Posterity's Sake" - a site dedicated to the men and women
of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Forces (Navy) and the ships they
lived and served in.
This is a personal website and is not affiliated with the Government of
Canada nor the Department of National Defence.

The goal of
this site is to preserve and share the history of those who have sailed in the ships of the
RCN and C.F.
The history we all have buried in our basements or
closets in boxes and photo albums - photos of grandparents and parents,
aunts and uncles who have also taken pictures and told stories of there time in.
This is the history you will not find on the government's historical pages -
and its these photos and stories that we all have that I'm
hoping to preserve here for posterity's sake.

If you would like to submit photos or stories to
be posted here, please send me an EMAIL
( info@forposterityssake.ca ).
With the help of all sailors past and present and their families this page
can be made into a historical site for future generations to learn about our
proud past. May you always have fair winds and following seas!

Capt
John Waters Jr. - “Few of their countrymen knew and even fewer now
remember the desperate fight waged on the cold and cruel northern seas. But
had it failed, the results would have been catastrophic. The clear measure
of devotion and courage of these men shall always be that in that dark and
bloody winter of crisis they did not fail.”

The
Guelph Mercury 16 Nov 2015 - "The Canadian Navy … trained men
with men who were scarcely trained themselves. It did everything under the
pressure of desperate urgency. It learned to fight a war while fighting it.
By all the rules, it should have been the most unholy hash to come out of
the war. Somehow, things have turned out differently."

Seaman
Campbell, HMCS Kootenay H75 - "There was nothing glorious or romantic
about watching bodies and gear float to the surface after sinking a U-boat."

18)
The Nauticapedia -
Celebrating the stories of the maritime heritage of British Columbia, western
and northern Canada, and Canada's Naval Forces

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